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This spot used to be car hang out back in the day called Dr. Inks... those were my glory days, late nights, Fast and the Furious was all the rage and now I'm back, to do some karaoking? Weird. Anyways I digress, I was inspired by a 90s UYE Karaoke event that happened a few days ago at Bar+ downtown with the Yelpers so this was a continuation of my new found interest. :p
We arrived and there was no one at the front desk. I walk inside towards resto/bar, take a look around there's nobody there either, patrons or staff. I hear Cantonese singing coming from a room and bass thumping. People are definitely here. I wondered though were the staff karaoking too??!!
Anyways I walk back the front desk, decide to call the number on their business card. 'Ring, Ring. "Hello?"
"Yeah I'm at the front", I exclaim. I peer back in and look towards the bar, I now see the guy I was talking to, he's on a cordless phone and he starts walking up to the front desk.
How it works:
Happy hour until 8:30pm for $8.99 which includes 2 non-alcoholic drinks.
We started at 6pm. 2.5hr of fun ahead. Glee! :)
They do charge a $5 dollar fee on top for non-members (applies to the group)
The Experience:
He walked us to a small room. Sufficient but I wouldn't want to have more than 4 people in here though.
Everything did function without a problem; the system was intuitive, menu organized by group, male, female, top hits, by language. Cordless mics worked but they did make a slight buzz near my BlackBerry. Cordless mic are good though for those are times to add in your own dance choreography.. "Hammer Time" lol Remote control volume and pitch controls worked and they provide sanitary disposable mic covers too.
They wasn't an extensive catalog of English songs compared to Bar + but they did have a sprinkling of current hits like Adele's Skyfall. The karaoke music videos were either a) combination of real music video with lyrics, b) sometimes just the music video itself (you gotta look up the lyrics on your Smartphone have a data plan),c) the real cheese factor wtf is going on videos stuff like a blond lady with big hair modeling at a beach or mountain scene with a family in pajamas walking through a path?
They do have an app if you're so tech inclined but we didn't bother with it so I don't know how it is.
Anyways time flies when you're having fun. 30min to go, we get barged in and the bill is delivered. Nearing the end your queue of songs disappears. There way of saying goodbye it's time to collect.
Lots of fun. Everything worked. They could improve on having more up to date English song/artist selections. The price was reasonable. I wasn't wowed. Compared to Bar+ downtown it's 3 stars. I'm new at this Karaoking so I'm still comparing and contrasting the places. I plan to visit a lot more places. :)
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